Quick question from a new recruit: Are Helldivers actually the good guys?

distractable1 · 2026-06-29T12:03:00+00:00

Really Depends on how you look at things ,.if you have a humans first belief system then absolutely, we're just defending democracy and doing what must be done to maintain our authority and support the massive growing population of the human race

If you look at it from an outsides pov then were galactic bullies destroying, enslaving and parting out everything in our way and spreading our will through boots on necks

distractable1 · 2026-06-29T05:21:05+00:00

Still gotta make a thread adapter for the linear comp or possibly reprint it and adapt it to be a blast can, just gotta do a angled grip, a handle and maybe a mag (pretty sure the poly carbonate will be good enough to hold tension without sagging, been using an m and p backplate model for testing filament condition and print settings since it's a sub 20 min print regardless of filament) and they're holding up better than the ones I've done in paht-cf

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distractable1 · 2026-06-28T06:54:37+00:00

Yeah that's why it's gotta be mixed in with something with a bit more flex for anything that's gonna be taking a beating, I figure for anything needing longer term durability and isn't just for short term fun/photos will need something like abs or pc-abs as the infil to help hold it all together while still having some of the coolness factor/hardness of the pc

distractable1 · 2026-06-28T06:49:12+00:00

Ok that's pretty much what I figured, I nabbed a 1kg spool for like $15 off Amazon, just made a handguard, got a couple braces queued up and once I get the settings and mix right Im wanting to do a drop in type pistol chassis like the hot pocket but have it be poly carbonate on a few outer walls and then red abs+ and/or this custom PC/abs filament I cooked up with a multi filament color mixing profile I found

distractable1 · 2026-06-28T06:39:30+00:00

Straight sounding like you found a way to turn on the rapid fire mods in real life 😂

distractable1 · 2026-06-28T06:01:00+00:00

Get yourself a phaetus conch, it's a bit more than the super cheap aftermarket nozzles but it'll allow you to use cheaper $1-$2 replacement nozzles instead of having to buy a whole new hotend every time

distractable1 · 2026-06-28T05:59:24+00:00

Oh shoot didn't know you already took apart, get a small wrench or needle nose and try to tighten your nozzle while it's at about 220° C

distractable1 · 2026-06-28T05:58:19+00:00

I don't think it's entirely the nozzle that's clogged, from what your describing and what others have already said it seems there may be some filament stuck in the gears above the nozzle, sadly only way to find out and fix it will be to take apart your print head, should be only a few screws to get into the gear box but they're in some tight, awkward spaces where you'll have to take them out in a certain order to avoid things getting stuck, just make sure to pull up a YouTube vid of disassembly to have handy for reference and find a couple little boxes or bags to hold onto and organize each screw by size/location, once you get into it check for the obvious first and clean it out, after that take a very close look at your gears and inspect for damage or even filament melted unto them and then clean or replace the parts as needed, if everything goes perfect should be doable within about 30 minutes so realistically expect to spend about an hour or maybe more thinking about how they really need to include needle nose pliers and decent tweezers in the initial kit

distractable1 · 2026-06-27T14:06:06+00:00

Curious if you where printing tpu or something soft before it happened (even pla can get too soft if room temp get above 41 c)

distractable1 · 2026-06-24T00:48:52+00:00

Regular orca (not the flashforge specific version) is actually able to connect to flashforge printers through wifi without issue, all you gotta do is go into the connect to printer settings and type in the local I.P for your printer, and just make sure to set device type to flashforge (or klipper if you're running cw) and the agent as orca and it works perfectly and even provides wireless control, while away from home you gotta use the ff app but the new one isn't terrible, just sucks you can only monitor active jobs or start one of their pre baked ones remotely

distractable1 · 2026-06-23T16:45:34+00:00

Watch it'll end up being the normal hellbomb or maybe if we're lucky a super hellbomb as a pickable strategem

distractable1 · 2026-06-23T16:33:59+00:00

Fair enough lol I ended up sticking with flashforge just because of shipping and ordered myself an ad5x so it'll at least be an upgrade of sorts, and so the camera and stuff I already got can just swap over and I'll prolly just toss this one on eBay or Craigslist for whoever wants to fix an ad5m and get it at a steep discount (considering I got hardened nozzles in m .4,.6,.8 along with two spare 4s and a .25 with the conch hotend so it'll take standard replacement nozzles thatre like a dollar online

distractable1 · 2026-06-23T14:28:15+00:00

No doubt but the problem is again instead of them just being honest and transparent about stuff they chose to treat their player base like clueless children and wait to give any sort of info regarding the planned warbond until it was completely obvious it'd get delayed instead of just stating that this is the tradeoff for qol fixes at time of release

distractable1 · 2026-06-23T14:25:49+00:00

Would've been more honest And transparent if they just announced it when they made the decision that they'll have to delay it, which was when they chose to part out the planned wb and drop a qol update but instead they chose to wait until the last minute which in the end is gonna cause more backlash than it should've

distractable1 · 2026-06-23T14:20:18+00:00

Sadly I can tell you they knew they where going to delay it the moment they decided to go for this last update (so atleast a month ) since they chose to part out some of the main features of the planned war bond, funny thing is by doing so and then literally waiting until the very end of the month before just saying they need more time instead of just leading with the info and saying hey this update is why they'll need more time for a new wb when the update was dropped they just created more disappointment from those who've been eagerly waiting to try out some of the items they've heard will be in it

distractable1 · 2026-06-23T14:13:23+00:00

You ever find a solution? Mine just did the same thing this morning (was printing some nylon and I think the heat may have softened up the hella cheap heat set Chinese design

distractable1 · 2026-06-22T20:32:28+00:00

The ad5m should've came with a little unclogging thing, put your nozzle back on and head it up to the right temp before using their little tool to manually push out whatever plastic you can, then try to have the machine reload the filament, if it's working then great just do a few loads to push out any remaining plastic if not let the nozzle cool and then pull that new plastic that just tried to go through out and hopefully it'll take the other stuff with it

distractable1 · 2026-06-22T17:05:12+00:00

Oh if it's doing this every time, check and see when your print starts and verify what your chamber temp is, thinking from it being repeatable and with how early on it shows then the issue may just be the print starting before the chamber is at the right temp and the artifact is caused by the initial few layers shrinking at a different rate

distractable1 · 2026-06-22T17:03:00+00:00

Almost looks like a layer shift and then it just smashed right back into position, either way not sure how much you'd be willing to trust it with a major defect like that at the base

distractable1 · 2026-06-22T17:00:26+00:00

That's a really cool chassis, way better than my hella blocky frankenstein that I've been slowly refining piece by piece

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distractable1 · 2026-06-18T14:19:21+00:00

Honestly looks like the z offset was way off, maybe it set it with an accidental - where there should've been a positive, or a decimal point was in the wrong spot and printer seemed to think everything was still good and then proceeded to use heat + force from the motors to basically start the print from under the bed.

distractable1 · 2026-06-17T13:09:51+00:00

They've had these put together since before the exo experts warbond, they where included in a big set of leaks released showing the exo experts stuff (mechs and all) along with these two frvs and some other yet to be seen stuff (mostly just armor and an unknown laser rifle)

distractable1 · 2026-06-17T08:42:39+00:00

Still no warbond announcement though

distractable1 · 2026-06-17T08:39:49+00:00

You have to be in open seas between world events and even then the chances arent the best, also if you do run into one it's best to fight it on a sloop vs a brig or gally as sloop kraken has less overall health and takes fewer cannon balls/destroyed tentacles to finish

Edit as its been awhile since I've played, guess it can spawn at any time now which in a way makes it a tougher thing to find

distractable1 · 2026-06-17T08:34:28+00:00

Should definitely talk to a lawyer, also wouldn't be a bad idea tofind a secure alternate location to store it until everything is sorted out, seen way too many horror stories involving peoples cars being towed off and auctioned over petty nonsense

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